take (someone or something) at face value

To accept or trust someone or something based only on an initial or superficial presentation, without taking further proof, verification, or investigation into account. I've learned never to take corporate PR statements at face value. It's hard to take Jeff at face value when he's been caught lying in the past.

take someone or something at face value

to accept someone or something just as it appears; to believe that the way things appear is the way they really are. He means what he says. You have to take him at face value. I take everything he says at face value.

take something at face value

to accept something exactly the way it appears to be. I don't know whether I can take her story at face value, but I will assume that she is not lying. The committee took the report at face value and approved the suggested changes.

at face value, take

Accept from its outward appearance, as in You can't always take a manufacturer's advertisements at face value; they're bound to exaggerate . Literally this idiom has referred to the monetary value printed on a bank note, stock certificate, bond, or other financial instrument since the 1870s. The figurative usage is from the late 1800s.

take somebody/something at face ˈvalue

accept that somebody/something is exactly as they/it first appears: You can’t take everything she says at face value. A diplomat learns not to take everything at face value.

See also: face, somebody, something, take, value

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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at face value, take
take at face value
take somebody/something at face value
absent (oneself) from (someone or something)
absent oneself from
judge a book by its cover, one can't
not judge a book by its cover
put lipstick on a pig
lipstick
lipstick on a pig

词组	take (someone or something) at face value
释义	take (someone or something) at face value take (someone or something) at face value To accept or trust someone or something based only on an initial or superficial presentation, without taking further proof, verification, or investigation into account. I've learned never to take corporate PR statements at face value. It's hard to take Jeff at face value when he's been caught lying in the past. See also: face, take, value Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. take someone or something at face value to accept someone or something just as it appears; to believe that the way things appear is the way they really are. He means what he says. You have to take him at face value. I take everything he says at face value. See also: face, take, value take something at face value to accept something exactly the way it appears to be. I don't know whether I can take her story at face value, but I will assume that she is not lying. The committee took the report at face value and approved the suggested changes. See also: face, take, value McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. at face value, take Accept from its outward appearance, as in You can't always take a manufacturer's advertisements at face value; they're bound to exaggerate . Literally this idiom has referred to the monetary value printed on a bank note, stock certificate, bond, or other financial instrument since the 1870s. The figurative usage is from the late 1800s. See also: face, take The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. take somebody/something at face ˈvalue accept that somebody/something is exactly as they/it first appears: You can’t take everything she says at face value. A diplomat learns not to take everything at face value. See also: face, somebody, something, take, value Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: at face value, take take at face value take somebody/something at face value absent (oneself) from (someone or something) absent oneself from judge a book by its cover, one can't not judge a book by its cover put lipstick on a pig lipstick lipstick on a pig
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